tempestade

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese tempestade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tempestās. Cognate with Portuguese tempestade and Spanish tempestad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tempɛsˈtaðe̝/, /tempɛsˈta/

Noun

tempestade f (plural tempestades)

1. storm, tempest
   • 1360, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), "De Viveiro en la Edad Media", in Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 143:

     nen a tenpestade nen a geada nen a pedraço nen a esterilidade nen a outra perda algua que aynda que a y aia que ha sofran en sy et non leixen por ende de pagar a dita renda, saluo se lla tomase ou mandase tomar el Rey

     nor for tempest, nor for freeze, nor for hail, nor for sterility, nor for any other loss, that if it ever happen that they should endure it, and never to stop paying that rent, except if taken or ordered to be taken by the King

   Synonyms: temporal, tormenta

2. (figured) disruption, chaos

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tempestade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “tempestade” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tempestās.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -adʒi

Noun

tempestade f (plural tempestades)

1. storm (disturbed state of the atmosphere)

Synonyms

• (storm): tormenta, intempérie, temporal

Related terms

• tempo